The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-04
THE COERCION BILL.
its Dsfsat Almost osrtaiu, and Parne eiiitss
Eager for Another Election. .rg gE5s

LONDON, April 2.-The defeat Of Ii
coercion bill Is beginning to be iort
ahadowed. In the event OF the failure q
this crucial measure dissolution Of pa,
lament must follow, and a fresh appes
to the people Is certain, Mr.. Gladstone
home-rule bill passed It's second readiu,
by good majority, but was defeated OF
the second reading BY thirty-oue votes. 4
strong feeling prevailed at that time
among the dissldents In favor Of secoui
reading and then defeating the bill II
committee; but the prospect Of the coun
try becoming better educated on the
home.rule question, should the defeat oj
the bill be postponed, thereby giving Mr..
Gladstone better chance OF returninp to
power with 0 majority, decided the mat.
ter, and the dissidents determined to de.
ieat the bill on the second reading, which
they did. The coercion bill may pass liz
second reading and reach the committee
stage, as the Liberal Unionisis still hons
Tor conciliatory offer from Mr., Glad.
stone, but many Of them, as we'll as q
number Of Conservatives, will deaert
their leaders when the bill comes up for
final action Il they do not do 90 on the
second reading, '
A .plebiscite taken tonight Bhowa that
Ar: Chamberlain will follow the ministers
with his retinue reduced to Messrs, Ool.
lings and Caine, while Lord Harrington
will follow ministers with only IS Hsrtinp-
tonians. There were ll3 absentess from
the meeting Of conservative members Of
Parliament, on Tuesday last, to consider
the coercion question. With the excep.
ton oi few, 1t Is known that the absentees
were opposed to coercion. Out of these
ll3 twelve will surely vote against coer.
cion, and 1t is safe to predict that iortv
will abstain from voting. This will re-
duce the number oi Conservatives to 90l
which. together with 80 Unionists, will
bring the Conservative strength up 10 3OO.
The GladetoDianB number l0l members.
the Parnellites 81, making a total Of o77
and with an additional thirty votes. which
is low estimate, Mr.. Gladstone could
show majority Of seven. Another esti.
mate put the vote against coercion IS l1iqh
as 337, COMPOSED Of Gladstonians and Par.
nellitee, with forty Liberal U nionists and
twenty Conservatives, which would defeat
the government, even If they received the
votes OF the whole Of the Remaining mem.
bers. Strong pressure has been BROUGHT 10
bear on number Of Conservatives BIZ their
constituents to vote against coercion
and telegrams, letters and committeea
from their commitments have within the
past twenty.iour hours been plavinV
havoc among Liberal. Uniouista props Of
the government. 1t saya much for the
acquisitiveness OF the Parnellite mind
that the followers Of the Irish leader have
acquired nice understanding Of the in.
tricacies of procedure. In this Connection
alluaion is particularly made to the Junior
order Of Nationslists, the men who az
members are young and green, and who
have scarcely yet learned the pot hooks
and hangers of obstruction. After lit-
tie study Of the difficult science thew have
become expert parliRmentariaus, The
oldest English member could scarcely ex-
hibit more profound familiarity with the
tactics Of debate than these parliamentary
youngsters, who have only had time to
frame questions and know their way
about the division lobby. It is not tbe
result Of rehea1ssls under the eve OF the
chief, but Of the diligence which even
their enemies admit the Paruellites AK.
hibit in whatever their hands find to do.
They are eager for dissolution and ex-
Pect generous aid from from ther brethren
IN America to enable them to carry their
elections.